{"product_id":"heavenly-mansions-and-other-essays-on-architecture-0393318575","title":"Heavenly Mansions: and Other Essays on Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0393318575\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Summerson, John\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliantly written essays on the aesthetic principles and enduring motives of architecture. A classic of architectural history and theory, Heavenly Mansions interprets architecture as a reflection of the age in which it flowers, and traces the alternating themes of fantasy and functionalism as exemplified in various styles and in the works of a number of influential men, including Wren, Viollet-le-Duc, William Butterfield, and Le Corbusier. Succinctly summarizing 800 years of viewpoints about architecture, it ranges from Gothic architecture to the Renaissance to the influence of modern abstract art on twentieth-century architecture.\"Each essay is a voyage of discovery. What is so interesting and what makes Mr. Summerson the architectural critic of his generation . . . is [an] aversion to dogma. . . . It is supremely well worth reading.\"-Spectator Photographs and plans\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51855985279264,"sku":"NEW0393318575","price":25.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61rjRmOyc5L.jpg?v=1781544800","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/heavenly-mansions-and-other-essays-on-architecture-0393318575","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}